QUESTION: [in Spanish]DR. KIM: Thank you very much for that question. You know, one of the most remarkable aspects of the last five years has been the speed with which Latin Americans responded in... Show More + the face of the global financial crisis. And so our prediction this coming year is for over 3.3 percent. And while it's not as fast as some other areas - for example Africa this year will grow over 5 percent - it's still very healthy compared to our expectation in Europe, where growth will be a negative 0.9 percent. We think that overall the prospects are very good. In the short-term, with the announcement in the United States that over time and gradually Chairman Bernanke said that they're going to slow down a little bit of the quantitative easing. We think there's going to be some volatility in interest rates but we also feel that fundamentally the message is a good one for Latin America. In other words, the American economy is healthy - healthier - Show Less -